Tool holder



Patented Dec, 5, 19,22.

L. w. mNEs.` TOOL HOLDER. APPLICATION FILED-JUNE 2. |922.

?atented @en 5, 1922.

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Louis w. Jonas', or CLEVELAND, oiliio.

i |I OOL HOLDER.

Application medium 2, ieee. sriai reassess.

To allfwhomiz'tmag/ concern.' -I y Be it knownthatl, LonisjllVinsoN JONES, a citizen of the United States,y residing at Cleveland, in the ycounty of Quyahoga and State of Ohio, have invented certainl new and useful Improvements in rFool Holders, of which the following is a speciication,

My invention relates to tool holders and bit stocks, being particularly` adapted for such,v as are nowcommonly used by installing electriciansto carry the.- augers or boring tools usedoin makingopenings .for 'electric conductors and conduits, It is well known that these tools have to be frequently used in inacessible places, requiring the employment of eitherA an excessively long tool or else al long tool holder. An auger or bit being `thus used v, will sometimes vbecome stuck, and much diiiicultywill be experienced in removing it. My invention has for its object to provide a holder fora boring or like tool that willfollow the hole produced f `by the tool, will positively rotate the tool,

either to advance or retract it, and will give good support to the stem. of the tool, the holder being of simple, but exceedingly rigid, construction'.I

. In the accompanying` drawings- Figure l is an elevation ofmy invention applied to a holder for an auger or wood boring tool, the parts being assembled and the holder being in section.

Fig. 2 is a view similar to Fig. l except that the parts are separated. i

Fig. 3 is a detail elevation of the split clamping sleeve that holds the tool in theI stock. y

Referring to the drawing, 2 indicates the tool, in this instance a Wood boring auger.l

It is formed as usual with a shank 3 and a tapering head 4, square or angular in cross section. '5 designates a tool holder, for instance, an extension holder having a longv stem, and an enlarged end 7 in which is formed a socket 6'for the head of the tool.v

This socket should be a little longer than is'the head, to permit the latter to be fully inserted into and to tightly lit the socket,

when forced therein asv will be described.`

The portion ofthe enlargement beyond the socket is internally screw-threaded as indicated at 8.

9, 9 indicate the sections of a split sleeve adapted to engage with the tool holder and confine the tool therein. These are formed with lintermediate externally screw-threaded portions l()` adapted-to engage with the screw-threaded'part of th-esocket of the tool rholder, with outer. milled end portions '.ll,

kand with inner Aend portions 13 ofred'uced' diameter, as compared with the intermediate sorew-threaded'parts l0, adaptedto `bearagainst the shoulder ofthe tool' where the head il. thereof unites with the shank use in connection with extension bit holders The parts thus far described'are assembled as follows. The headed end ofthe tool is inserted into the socket of the holder and the segments 9] of the split sleeve fitted about the shank'of the' tool, as represented inF 2,'and slipped along' the same until l the intermediate screw-threaded :portions l0- thereof engage with the screw-threaded pon.

tionofthe socket of the holder,-;when; by rotation ofthe sleeve it will `be causedjto enter the socketof theft-col `holder andV enl gage vwithV the head of the tool, such rotation being easily eectedbv means of 4the exposed milled ends ll of -tlie kclamping and holding sleeve. As the sleeve advances, entering` the socket ofthe tool holder, the ends 13 of the segments l come into engagement with thefshoulder of ,they head of the .tool,

,when further advance 'of 'thev` sleeve forces thevtool tightly into the socket,v and secures it rigidly in place'.

It will be observed by reference to drawing that no part of the split sleeve is as large in diameter as is thel enlarged end V7 ofthe tool holder, thus permitting the .which has long screw/threaded engagement vwith the socket portion of the tool holder.r Not only has the split sleeve long engage ment with the tool holder'but it also has long engagement with the. shank. of the tool, such engagement extending in both `directions beyond the screw-'threaded part l() of thefsleeve. tool is thus tightly clamped from the head 4 thereof for a distance beyond the endof the-holder 7 determined by the `length of the sleeve. I find thisV support of the shank most desirable. since it very much lessens the danger of bending or twisting it when in use. It will also be observed that the portions 13 of the holding sleeve are of such the The shank or stem ofthe reduced Size that they pase beyond the screw-threaded portion 8 or" the tool holder and even enter sorneivhat into the socket 6 should the tapering head l of the tool be of `suoli size, relative to the socket, as to make it desirable that the portions 13 Should thus follow the head int-o the socket in order to insure close engagement between the head and socket.

Force applied torsionally to rotate the tool,.either to advance or retract it, is transmitted directly troni the holder or stock 5 to the tool, and not intermediately through the confining sleeve formed 01"" the segments 9. @n the other hand the sleeve gives latn eral support to the shank of the tool along` a considerable extent oi the latter, lessening danger of bending the Shank. The split sleeve may be of any desired length suitable to the tool With which it is to be need, By constructing` the sleeve so that it is of smaller diameter in all ite parte than is the boring portion or the tool with which it is to be associated, and also smaller than the enlarged socketed portion 7 of the holder, there is no danger of the exposed parte of the Sleeve engaging with the Walls oit the hole formed by the tool, which might tend to rotate the sleeve and release the tool 'from the holder; or orP .its preventing` the tool holder from 'following the tool into the aperture being formed.

What I claim is l. The combination with a tool having an angular headed shank, of a tool holder Jformed With a socket to receive and tit the head of the tool and With a portion beyond 1 ,agenzie the socket internally screw-threaded, and a sleeve externally Screw-threaded to engage with the screw-threaded portion of the' socket of the tool holder and adapted to surround and fit the Shank oi the tool and at its inner end to bear against the head thereof, the sleeve extending at each end beyond its screw-threaded portion soA as to insure long clampingengagement With the tool shank and being longitudinally 'split to form separable segments. Y

2.`The combination stated in claim l in which the inner portion of the sleeve that entends beyond the screwthreaded part thereof is of reduced diameter permitting-it to enter into the socket part of the tool holder and force the head of the tool closely into its seat.

3. The combination with a tool having an angular head and a Cylindrical shank between the head and the tool proper, oi' a tool holder 'formed with a socket to `receive and fit the head and With an 'internally7 screw-threaded portion or larger diameter, internally, than the cavity of the socket, and a sleeve surrounding the tool shank and ro-r tatable relative thereto, externally screw` threaded at its intermediate portion to engage With the `screw-threaded portion of the tool holder, and having an inner cylindrical part of reduced diameter relative Ato the screw-threaded part adapted to fit the shank of the tool adjacent to the headland` to have its end engage with the headed portion of the tool, the sleeve being formed of separau ble segments.

LUS W. JONES, 

